Pope Anastasius II

Pope Anastasius II (450-19 November 498) was Pope from 496 to 498, succeeding Pope Gelasius I and preceding Pope Symmachus.

Biography
Anastasius was born in 450 in Rome, and in 496 he was elected Pope after the death of Pope Gelasius I in 496. Anastasius wanted to end the schism between the eastern and western churches, and he sent two bishops to meet with Emperor Anastasius I of Byzantium to help solve the split. He suddenly died in 498, only two years after his papacy and efforts began.